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Title: Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: JustinChase on February 09, 2004, 09:06:54 pm

I want to add a station to the favorites list, so I can just click and listen, and not have to wait for the browser to open, then click on listen.

Is this possible?

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: urlwolf on February 10, 2004, 12:20:52 am

I'd like to know that too.

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: Quisp on February 10, 2004, 09:41:29 am

Kind ov...


Maybe there is a better way, but I put the Radio Station I want into a playlist and then add the playlist to favorites. You still need to click on something to get it to play, but it avoids the web loading issues.

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: JustinChase on February 11, 2004, 10:44:35 pm

Better, but still not a 'one-click' solution.

any chance of seeing this in the future?

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: Rands on February 12, 2004, 10:36:13 am

I just import the stream into my library and file it under a genre called Radio.  It's not as quick as a one-click solution but, to me, fits more within the scheme of how MC works.  

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: Quisp on February 12, 2004, 11:13:02 am

A "play when selected" option in the organize Favorites window would seem to work (by option I mean a property that could be set with a checkbox). The favorites appear to work as a quick way to navigate to a particular object (it's off the Navigation menu). Currently, it is up to the user what they want to do with it from there, but I would think 9 times out of 10 you'd want to either view or play the selected object.

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: JustinChase on February 12, 2004, 11:46:23 am

Even a right-click option would work for me

Right-click to bring up menu, select to play, listen, happy guy.

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: Quisp on February 12, 2004, 12:15:47 pm

Yes, but then you'd be back to the two clicks  ;)

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: JustinChase on February 12, 2004, 12:46:57 pm

Yes, good point.  2 clicks - bad. :P

Maybe J River can make an Osmosis setting for me.  I just thnk about what I want to hear or do or see, and MC just does it, quickly and effeciently. ;D  That'd be worth a couple bucks, right?

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: KingSparta on February 12, 2004, 12:52:40 pm

if your into this streaming radio bit and you use www.shoutcast.com

there must be a way to get the currently playing information (yes\no)

I am just wondering how a media player would know the song name has changed.

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: Quisp on February 12, 2004, 12:58:31 pm

Quote from: JustinChase on February 12, 2004, 12:46:57 pm

Maybe J River can make an Osmosis setting for me.

This has been asked for many times, but for some reason hasn't been added. Don't know why; seems pretty straightforward. ;D

Title: Re:Any way to add a Web media Station to Favorites?
Post by: JustinChase on February 12, 2004, 01:00:17 pm

Yes, it does show the artist and track i the upper info bar/window.  I wish it would transfer to the playing now plugin, so I could rate the song as it is streaming.  this would save me some work in the future.

i'm looking for a way to one-click select a favorite radio station stream.  Mainly so I can not view the tree bar and action window. (by double clicking the seperator line/drag bar)  If I could just click to play whatever's in favorites, whether it's a radio station, or playlist,, or smartlist, etc.